2 arrested in Fairview after car chase through Bergen and two other counties

By STEFANIE DAZIO

Staff Writer |

The Record

Two Newark men were arrested in Fairview following a car chase that started in Newark around 10:40 p.m., State Police said.

Brandon Clemons, 25, and Tahiry Baskerville, 23, are lodged in the Hudson County Jail, Trooper Jeff Flynn said. Clemons is charged with resisting arrest and eluding; Baskerville is charged with resisting arrest. Both have additional criminal charges pending from the State Police, Flynn said.

The chase began in Newark, Flynn said, and took police through parts of Essex, Hudson and Bergen counties on various roads, including Route 78 eastbound, Routes 1&9 northbound and the New Jersey Turnpike northbound’s eastern spur. The suspects got off the Turnpike at Interchange 16W at Route 3 eastbound and continued through several Hudson County towns, he said.

The car allegedly struck two State Police cars on Route 3, Flynn said. A spokesman for the Hudson County Sheriff’s Office also said the car allegedly hit one of their vehicles in North Bergen on Palisade Avenue near the James J. Braddock North Hudson County Park. The officer was not injured.

2 arrested in Fairview after car chase through Bergen and two other counties

By STEFANIE DAZIO

Staff Writer |

The Record

Two Newark men were arrested in Fairview following a car chase that started in Newark around 10:40 p.m., State Police said.

Brandon Clemons, 25, and Tahiry Baskerville, 23, are lodged in the Hudson County Jail, Trooper Jeff Flynn said. Clemons is charged with resisting arrest and eluding; Baskerville is charged with resisting arrest. Both have additional criminal charges pending from the State Police, Flynn said.

The chase began in Newark, Flynn said, and took police through parts of Essex, Hudson and Bergen counties on various roads, including Route 78 eastbound, Routes 1&9 northbound and the New Jersey Turnpike northbound’s eastern spur. The suspects got off the Turnpike at Interchange 16W at Route 3 eastbound and continued through several Hudson County towns, he said.

The car allegedly struck two State Police cars on Route 3, Flynn said. A spokesman for the Hudson County Sheriff’s Office also said the car allegedly hit one of their vehicles in North Bergen on Palisade Avenue near the James J. Braddock North Hudson County Park. The officer was not injured.